Press Release: People v. Marinoble, David Gregory, 3/5/10

Bradford R. Fenocchio

PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

Roseville, California95678

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Date: March 5, 2010

Contact:

Art Campos

Public Information Officer

916 543-8076

Scott Owens

Assistant District Attorney

916 543-8000

MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS WHO MADE

CITIZEN’S ARREST WILL BE PROSECUTED

The Placer County District Attorney’s Office has filed misdemeanor charges of battery and false impersonation of peace officers against two Roseville martial arts instructors who made a citizen’s arrest on a teenager whom they suspected of stealing money from the business.

David Gregory Marinoble, 41, owner of the martial arts business, and another instructor, Justin Tyler Ewen, 28, are scheduled for arraignment on April 6.

The criminal complaint alleges that on Dec. 17, the two men falsely represented themselves to be officers of the law and “arrested, detained and threatened to arrest and detain a person.”

The complaint alleges that the two committed battery by unlawfully using force and violence on the juvenile.